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  2. Canidae - Wikipedia

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    Canidae (/ ˈ k æ n ɪ d iː /; [3] from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid ( / ˈ k eɪ n ɪ d / ). [ 4 ]

  3. Borophaginae - Wikipedia

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    The extinct Borophaginae form one of three subfamilies found within the canid family. The other two canid subfamilies are the extinct Hesperocyoninae and extant Caninae . [ 2 ] Borophaginae, called "bone-crushing dogs", [ 3 ] [ 4 ] were endemic to North America during the Oligocene to Pliocene and lived roughly 34—2.5 million years ago ...

  4. List of canids - Wikipedia

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    Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid; all extant species are a part of a single subfamily, Caninae, and are called canines. They are found on all continents ...

  5. Tomarctus - Wikipedia

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    Tomarctus is a canid genus of the extinct subfamily Borophaginae which inhabited most of North America during the late Early Miocene to the Early Barstovian age of the Middle Miocene (23—16 million years ago).

  6. Canis lepophagus - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of canids highlighting Canis lepophagus in red (Tedford & Wang). Canis lepophagus (Latin: canis: 'dog'; lepus: 'hare' or 'rabbit'; suffix -phagus: '-eating'; hence hare-eating dog) is an extinct species of canid which was endemic to much of North America during the Early Pliocene. [2]

  7. Hesperocyoninae - Wikipedia

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    Hesperocyoninae are basal canids that gave rise to the other two canid subfamilies, the Borophaginae and Caninae. [2] This subfamily was endemic to North America, living from the Duchesnean stage of the Late Eocene through to the early Barstovian stage of the Miocene, lasting around 20 million years.

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  9. Epicyon - Wikipedia

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    Epicyon had a massive head and powerful jaws that were well adapted for bone-crushing, with enlarged fourth premolars like some hyenas, giving its skull a lion-like shape rather than having a skull similar in shape to that of a wolf; the adaptation would have allowed Epicyon to scavenge as well as hunt, giving it access to the nutritious marrow other contemporary carnivores couldn't access.